The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-02

was seated next to q plumbers ma,ron Nine
Bonaparte had 10 reason 10 be shocked. how
ever. 1t there is any power IN the country
which approaches that welded h- the First
Napoleon, it lies in the hands Of thu prar 5srs.
THE Augusta iGa., Chronicle tells this story
of a lady in that city. who, having abandoned
hot bread at meals during Lent. confessed that
she bad been thereby wonderfully benefited in
health In welreguated armies soldiers are
never permitted to eat bread newly baked. be-
cause it is dangerous to health. And yet de-
cate women expect to feel we'll after consuming
hot rolls or biscuits morning and night Science
and experience are against 1t.
LITERARY women often make the very best
wives and mothers. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Bur-
nett is the queen of one of the happiest homes
in Washington. When she married Dr. Burnett
he was bright Young Tennessean, who was
thought to have a great future She was an I'M
known. pennilsss English girl The union has
been remarkably happy. They have been
blessed with five beautiful children, the eldest
of whom Is the original of Little Lord Fauntle-
roy"
THE Cabinet of President Pierce was undis-
,urbed by designations throughout his term Of
Office Such record is unparalleled in the his
tory Of the Republic Two members OF the
famous Cabinet alone survive One is jefferson
Davis, who was Secretary of War, and is now
seventy-seven years of age. The other is ex-
Judge Campbell, of Philadelphia, who was POST
master general under Pierce. Ee is now seven
tyive, is in good health and lives quietly in the
Quaker City.
RECENTLY the head Of great Bordeaux wine
house called on Prince Bismarck, who for years
has purchased most of his wines from that
house. The man Of blood and iron gave an or
der for a large consignment of wines, and then
tho Frenchman dlscreetly fshed for an opinion
as to the probability of war Tut, tut, ex-
claimed the Prince, what put war into your
heada Do you suppose would order wine Of
you if expected warf No, no; would come
and get it myself"
Coz. W. II. MARTIN, Senator-elect Rsaean's
successor in the House, is character He il
tall. angular. and thin as . rail, has tuft Of
hair on his chin, mustache growing up to his
nose: and enormous hands. His voice il loud,
and his gestures awkward His trousers never
fit him, and he wears butternut- colored shirt
He Is great talker He has lived all his life in
the pine woods, and among the rampant steers
OF eastern Texas. He has promised to be the
same Bill Martin in Washington that he is AZ
home.
CERTAIN fashionable Partisan ladies attend
once a week dinner Of the lnourners" The
ladies, twelve in number, dress in the deepest
mourning The dining room is hung with black
the table is of black wood. the chairs are black,
with silver ornamentation. the dishes have de-
sign OF wreaths of immortelles, deaths heads
and other cemetery emblems, while the glasses
in which the champagne is served are made in
the form Of skulls. The footmen who wait at
table are dressed like undertakers, and during
dinner an invisible organ plays melancholy
music
Mr. JOAQUIN MILLER, who is now living in
Oakland, Cal, says that although he has been
around the world twice. and has seen many
pleasant places, he finds Oakland the most de-
delightful Of ALL Here is some Of the poetic
prose in which he bursts into eulogy Here
wear wool garments all the year through, and
yet pluck rose or flower for my button-ho
every day in the year from any one of the thou
sand overhangng gardens Lying here in the
lap of the towering old leonine hills that bend
in protecting crescent around ue, with the
Golden Gate at our door. are in q very IA
vored part of greatly favored land"
Il CALL it great privilege" said Dr. Oliver
Wendell Holmes, at dinner given in honor OF
Theodore Metcalf. Boston druggist, ITO be
able to take part in this tribute to my old friend;
for few Of You may recall the time when he and
|. we're doing business in what was almost tho
same place. Then was ready. to receive the
smallest favors And he was ready to receive the
| smallest favors Laughter. That was most
| convenient arrangement: would write the pre-
| scriptions and the patient would 20 down stairs
| TO have Mr.. Meicalf fill them out. and in case
| Of failure there was our mutual friend, Matthew
Smith, the sexton. to finish what we had begun
PATTI is quoted by interviewer as saying
that she was called the Queen of Song" not
because she was the greatest singer, but be-
cause she had many gifts. II am not beautiful"
she said. "but pass for pretty, that's one; am
tolerablv graceful, that's two; am a good dress
| er. that's three have way with me that is
riquant, that's four; like my public. and that's
| five. for my public like me because like them,
| and never tire of pleasing them; / have a good
| voice. that's six; know how to sing very we'll
| my way. that's seven; always know my music.
| that gives comfort to the audience and may
| count as eight: act fairly well the roles sing,
| that's nine. What more could one want in
| singar?"
| THE SMALL BOY.
Behold him now in the streets at play.
His cheeks with health rudy.
But his knuckles chapped and soiled with clay,
| And his trousers knees muddy;
But what cares he when the sports pr met
! There's JOY for the boy in the marble time.
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